Hello everybody, my name is Bear. Most of you know me as Big Boy Bear, and there’s a good reason for that. I’m big, very big. I guess I must weight about 100 lbs now. Oh, yes, I forgot to tell you that I am a dog, a male dog, and a very rare breed, I’m a Catahoula, just like my twin sister Elizabeth, and that stuck up conceited Gloria. I don’t know why she doesn’t like me. I guess it’s because I was here before she was. Each time I come into the house she just stares at me as if she wants to tear me apart. Some chance, heck I outweigh her by at least 60 pounds.

Things are not the same since she arrived. We used to get along pretty good, but now she’s so jealous of me. I remember when I first met my master. It was love at first sight. I took to him immediately. Something, I’ve never done before. Sure I used to like a lot of people when they visited here, but I never took to anyone like I did to him. And I still feel the same way. Only, now, I’ve got that darn Gloria to contend with. You know it’s a guessing game of where she came from. Everyone’s guess here has been wrong. We still haven’t really been able to find out where she actually did come from. I guess Gloria knows but she’s not talking. Oh, well, I really don’t care except that I wish she would go back to where she came from. Oh, I know that she’s smart. Smarter than me, I guess, and there’s no doubt that she can heal. She’s done it several times. She’s helped me too.

Gee, I wish that things were like they used to be when I first met my master and before Gloria came along. It was so peaceful here. He used to visit, and we would be together all the time. We’d sit on one of the benches and just enjoy each other’s company. I hated when he had to leave on business. I remember once that I was so hurt and disappointed when he left that I wouldn’t eat for several days. Yes, I actually went on a hunger strike, and waited until he returned. When he found out about it, he was hurt, and we had a long talk, at least he did the talking, telling me not to do it again, and that he couldn’t help leaving for a couple of days. So, I more or less promised that I would behave myself, and I have ever since. Although we still are close, it’s not the way it used to be. He knows that I would protect him with my life if I had to.

About my best friend here besides my sister is that little pussycat, Venus. She is so tiny, can’t weigh over 5 pounds, but she’s a survivor, she was lost in the woods for about a month among all kinds of vicious animals, snakes and things like that, but she survived, how, we don’t know. She came walking back one day, all skin and bones, but she’s okay now. Each time I come into the house, she immediately comes over to me and nuzzles me, and we have a good time together. I know that it may look sort of funny to some, seeing a wee bit of a cat, and a big guy like me together like that.

Well, that’s about all I have to say for now. I just wanted to tell all you kids out there that I’m okay, and that I’ll be back soon, and tell you more about what’s going on around here.

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